CVE-2026-23643
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2026-01-16
- Fixed in5.3.1 · 5.2.12
- WeaknessCWE-79
Am I affected?
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Description
CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP. The PaginatorHelper::limitControl() method has a cross-site-scripting vulnerability via query string parameter manipulation. This issue has been fixed in 5.2.12 and 5.3.1.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2026-01-1621:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-23643?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-23643?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
OSV · NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.1 | 5.3.1 | OSV |
| 5.2 | ≥ 5.2.10, < 5.2.12 | 5.2.12 | NVD · OSV |
| 5.3 | = 5.3.0 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Cakephp to 5.3.1 · 5.2.12
Advisories and patches
- bakery.cakephp.orgRelease Notes
- github.comPatch
- github.comRelease Notes
- github.comRelease Notes
- github.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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